Empire

AM Syndicate includes members of Rhythm of Black Lines, Knife in the Water, the Innocents, the Rise, and the current bassist for And You Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead. Somewhere, in the depths of the Mojave Desert , there exists a ghost town. Almost all of the buildings that line the lonely main street have long been boarded up and deserted. Hardly any sign of life is visible, save one peculiar oddity. An eccentric old woman, a retired film actress from ages past, still occupies the town's dilapidated theater. She has fashioned a menagerie of life-sized puppets. Each day, she creates an elaborate, mythical performance for anyone who happens to pass by. Sometimes, there is no audience, yet the show still goes on. Isolation has driven her to the brink of insanity. Her heart lies in the place where fantasy and reality mingle.